Four physics professors have been elected fellows to the American
Physical Society.

Fellowship to the society comes through peer
recognition and is limited to no more than one half of one percent
of the society's total membership.

"This is a very prestigious
honor," says William Stwalley, professor and head of the physics
department and also a fellow in the society."It is very competitive,
and I have never heard of four professors from one school ever
being elected in the same year."

Stwalley adds that with the addition
of these four new members, 11 out of the 23 full professors
in the physics department are now fellows of the society."This
is a very high ratio and puts us in very select company," he
says.

The fellows, all professors of physics, are:

Edward E. Eyler,
whose citation included recognition for his work with
precision spectroscopic measurements of simple atomic and molecular
systems;

Moshe Gai,
cited for his measurement of critical reaction
rates in nuclear astrophysics and his measurements of enhanced
E1 decays in nuclei;

Phillip L. Gould, cited for his pioneering
research in the use of lasers for diffracting and manipulating
atoms and his work with ultra cold atomic research;